2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (DEN leads 1-0)

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Who wins and goes to the WCF's?

Poll ended at Thu May 8, 2025 2:00 am

Thunder in 4
11
4%
Thunder in 5
55
22%
Thunder in 6
67
27%
Thunder in 7
17
7%
Nuggets in 4
9
4%
Nuggets in 5
6
2%
Nuggets in 6
49
20%
Nuggets in 7
34
14%
 
Total votes: 248

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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Denver Nuggets (DEN leads 1-0) 

Post#1541 » by Capn'O » Tue May 6, 2025 4:49 am

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HotRocks34 wrote:Part of what started the OKC choke was that SGA started to shot jack trying to pad his stats. Big mistake.


SGA was the only one who could score down the stretch


And keeping the ball in SGA's hand is the right call. He's a 90% ft shooter who almost always makes the optimal decision. Watching it live I didn't see an issue with the way he played down the stretch.


If anything he should have had the ball more.
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Post#1542 » by Revived » Tue May 6, 2025 4:49 am

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Wingy wrote:This post was nuts. You wrote this with nearly 7 minutes to go still. I had to go back and find it. Glad you’re not the coach of my team.

Oh shut the hell up dude, as you expected that. Chances of it happening were slim but obviously very impressive.

Glad I got you to waste some time finding the post though.

Who’s your team btw? I want to know who that HC is now. You can’t make a statement like that with no flair or revealing who your team is at the least.


Dude, it was a single digit lead with about 6:50 left. C’mon. Literally no coach on earth is giving up then.

The fact that you actually got +1s for this reply is also hilarious.

What does my team have to do with anything? Bulls, clear ref in the sig. They suck ass.

What does your team have to do with anything? Uh YOU bringing up your team does my guy. Did you forget the “Glad you’re not the coach of my team” dig you threw in there? Lmao. And yeah I think you might be happier with me as your team’s HC instead of Billy Donovan to be honest.

And I made that comment when it was a 12pt game with 4 mins left. 12pts isn’t “single digit”. I don’t know where the hell you’re coming up with this single digits nonsense from.
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Post#1543 » by Mk0 » Tue May 6, 2025 4:49 am

Tracymcgoaty wrote:OKC ain't winning crap until they rightfully give back the team to seattle. Until then it's round 2 flameouts.

I got sad realizing the first round could have been Seattle vs Vancouver :nonono:
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Post#1544 » by TheFire » Tue May 6, 2025 4:50 am

Chet and Hart ain’t no Big Zu.
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Post#1545 » by Raonak » Tue May 6, 2025 4:50 am

Nah. OKC are too **** dumb.

Im taking nuggets in 7.
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Post#1546 » by Capn'O » Tue May 6, 2025 4:50 am

Wolfgang630 wrote:You have to root for Westbrook to be a champion. It’ll bring tears to your eyes.


Runner up :wink:
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Post#1547 » by Exp0sed » Tue May 6, 2025 4:50 am

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The fact that Gordon attempted 3 when they only needed 2 with 5 seconds to go it’s crazy , balls of steel

Imagine if he missed that 90% of this board would’ve call him choke artist


he saw that WB and Braun were basically 2 on 1 vs. Chet inside, knew there was a decent chance for an offensive rebound and he ran to spot up in his favorite spot, he's made countless of those this season including in the crunch

I don't think he made the right decision spotting up tho, he said in the post-game interview the paint was "clogged" but idk about that. WB was near the paint and Chet was the only OKC player in the paint (or even near it), idk if i'd call that "clogged".


My guess is players are so programmed to shoot the 3 there he did it on instant.


listen to the interview, he's making it pretty clear his initial instinct was to run to the paint but on the fly, he spotted up because he saw the paint was clogged. AG isn't dumb, he knew they didn't need a 3 and is very comfortable getting to the cup \ rim running etc
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Post#1548 » by Mk0 » Tue May 6, 2025 4:51 am

HotRocks34 wrote:Denver needs to hire David Adelman.

Nah keep him on as Interim. You ever seen an Interim Coach win back to back championships?
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Post#1549 » by RRFB » Tue May 6, 2025 4:52 am

Let this be the last time a team ever opts to foul when up by 3 as a strategy. That’s some real loser ****.
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Post#1550 » by Tracymcgoaty » Tue May 6, 2025 4:52 am

Raonak wrote:Nah. OKC are too **** dumb atm.

Im taking nuggets in 7.


Nuggets in 6!

OKC unproven and they've got nothing for the Yokel!
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Post#1551 » by doogie_hauser » Tue May 6, 2025 4:52 am

Mk0 wrote:Watch Adelman win the ring he dad could never get. That'd be legit cool af. The guy has more playoff wins than regular season wins.


That would be an amazing story

His Pop (Rick) was always one of the most classy and well respected coaches who did great things at teams like Portland and Sacramento.

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Post#1552 » by JM00n69 » Tue May 6, 2025 4:52 am

WELCOME TO THE PLAYOFFS OKC

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Post#1553 » by MoneyTalks41890 » Tue May 6, 2025 4:53 am

RRFB wrote:Let this be the last time a team ever opts to foul when up by 3 as a strategy. That’s some real loser ****.


It will not be
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Post#1554 » by oaf54 » Tue May 6, 2025 4:53 am

Classic playoff performance by the reigning MVP
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Post#1555 » by sashaturiaf » Tue May 6, 2025 4:53 am

I think OKC is in deep trouble.

Nuggets just sucker punched them out of the gate. Chet might be mentally finished after THAT finish and Caruso likely doesn't shoot like that again.

I had Nuggets in 6 but now I say Nuggets in 5
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Post#1556 » by NO-KG-AI » Tue May 6, 2025 4:54 am

RRFB wrote:Let this be the last time a team ever opts to foul when up by 3 as a strategy. That’s some real loser ****.


One of the goofiest things that hasn’t been legislated out yet. It’d also boring as ****.
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Post#1557 » by Twizlers » Tue May 6, 2025 4:54 am

Revived wrote:Fact that Denver was able to win this in regulation itself is insane.

Surely Jokic would have fouled out in OT, this ended best case scenario for multiple reasons.
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Post#1558 » by sp6r=underrated » Tue May 6, 2025 4:54 am

SFour wrote:lol....OKC, Cavs, and Boston all with game 1 losses


And just to add I thought the only real close round 2 series was going to be Min-GSW. Happily surprised.
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Post#1559 » by Jta444 » Tue May 6, 2025 4:54 am

Lebron James really wasted that potential with Westbrook. That was a 3 years younger and better Westbrook too. His ball dominant play gets him all the stats but winning suffers
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Post#1560 » by Tracymcgoaty » Tue May 6, 2025 4:54 am

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RRFB wrote:Let this be the last time a team ever opts to foul when up by 3 as a strategy. That’s some real loser ****.


It will not be


If this isn't a learning lesson for Daignault who literally cost his team game 1 then it should be cancun time for the coach. :lol: :lol:
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